Is Sistani dying? who will follows?

Jordanian newspaper al-Ghad reported that sources close to Sistani said that the grand cleric’s health is in serious problem, which prevents him from intervene or issued a statement to stop the fights between the militias and the Iraqi forces.

The source also said that Sistani authorized his son “Mohammad Ridha” to manage the “Hawaza” affairs without issuing any Fatwas.

Who follows Sistani?

There are three candidates grand ayatollahs to follow Sistani after his death:

• Mohammad Asa’ad al-Fayadh (Afghan)
• Bashir al-Najafi (Pakistani)
• Mohammad Said Taba’atabi al-Hakim (Iraqi)

If Shiite grand cleric passed away the other four will choose one of the with the best “knowledge” as the leader of the Shiite, who is in this case is al-Hakim, but with the recent complicated political situation and the Iranian influence, things maybe are decided from the political point of view, in 2003 a failed attempt to assassinate al-Hakim caused the injury of his son.